Things that surprised me this NBA season

• I didn't think the Grizzlies would be this good. Teamwork rules!
• I didn't think the Spurs would get knocked out by the Clippers.
  
• I didn't think the Knicks could possibly be as bad as they were.
• I thought Kyle Anderson would do something for the Spurs (I still think he'll work out in the end)
• I was surprised at how comparatively good the Bucks were. Jason Kidd might be a good coach.
• I was surprised at how much worse Rajon Rondo made the Mavs.
• What happened to Tony Parker?
• I didn't think Mirotic would contribute this much this soon
• I was surprised at how bad Papanikolaou shot.
• I didn't think Rose would ever contribute again as he has done
• I hate Westbrook, but he can certainly put up cartoonish numbers
• When did Blake Griffin turn into Magic Johnson?
• I didn't think Rudy Gobert would be this good
• I didn't think Meyers Leonard would be a meaningful contributor in the playoffs
• Kawhi Leonard really made the leap, didn't he?
• I never thought in a million years Mo Williams would win NBA player of the week once, never mind twice
• Atlanta surprised me. Is it just Horford being healthy?
• I didn't think Brook Lopez could be productive again, let alone this productive
• Brandon Jennings looked pretty good for a while there. That surprised me.
• Ditto Isaiah Thomas.

You?

 

Hassan Whiteside

 

True dat.

 

The Raptors collapse, they looked dynamite the first 1/3 of the season.

 

The Hawks and the Bucks surprised me

 

I didn't think the Warriors would dominate with Kerr the first season as a coach

 

I didn't think TRob would be a bench player in Philly

 

Them looking dynamite was the surprising thing for me...

 

I think we had been predicting the demise of the Spurs for like 10 years. Amazing it finally happened, but Parker has really dropped off.

 

They'll be back... Remember the year they got beat by the 8 seed Grizzlies? They went on a three year tear after that.

 

Do you mean you didn't think he'd be on an NBA team at all, or that you didn't think that, given it's Philly, he'd be only a bench player?

 

Meyers Leonard will get a second contract in the NBA.

whoa

 

I don't think so. Parker is legitimately done. Manu isn't even remotely the star that he was. Duncan is like 1000 years old. Kawhi is the only bright spot right now. If they do steal Aldridge, that would go a long way to keeping them relevant, but father time finally caught them.

 

I thought he'd be in Denver with Will first and then I'd have thought Philly would have given him a starting shot with nothing to play for and the risk of injury to the guy ahead of him.

 

Robin Lopez and the mascot feud. I did not see that coming.

 

Agreed...I haven't seen a point guard overdribble as slowly as Parker did in a long time. Ginobli too..Duncan is just a freak of nature..the dude looks like he could play 10 more years

 

I didn't think Scott Foster or Raymond Felton would have a job

 

And this time they'll have Aldridge!

 

Duncan was their best player in the series and one of the top10 players in the league this postseason. He brings it on both offense and defense. Parker was injured. They likely need to add something to win it all next year but Kawhi could improve dramatically, Green is one of the best 3 and D players, Splitter was hurt and gave them nothing but is a good rotational big, Patty played great. Manu has been a minor accessory role player for 4 years even though he gets media coverage. He can easily be replaced by Belinelli. So they are certainly in the mix.